RENTON, WASH. — New Standard Equities has purchased The Venue, a 284-unit apartment complex in Renton, for $41.5 million. The community is located at 4455 N.E. 12th St. The Venue will undergo a $2.8 million repositioning that will include improvements to its fitness center and additional carports on the low-density site. This is the third Pacific Northwest acquisition for New Standard since August 2015. The seller was Fowler Property Acquisitions. Regis Metro Associates provided equity, while Freddie Mac provided the financing.
SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — Arroyo & Co. has arranged the sale of a 90,348-square-foot retail building connected to Santa Rosa Plaza in downtown Santa Rosa. The deal was through Ten-X, and terms of the transaction were not released. Pedro Arroyo and David Kram of San Francisco-based Arroyo & Co. represented the undisclosed buyer. Situated on 3.4 acres, the building is partially leased to Forever 21 and has 47,289 square feet of retail space available for lease. The connected Santa Rosa Plaza is occupied by 120 specialty stores, including Apple, Abercrombie & Fitch, Forever 21, Macy’s, Sears, Eddie Bauer, Gap, Gymboree and Victoria’s Secret, as well as 16 eateries.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has brokered the sale of a medical office building located at 155 Polifly Road in Hackensack. Polifly Group acquired the 45,912-square-foot property from Polifly Plaza Associates for an undisclosed sum. The three-story building was 50 percent vacant at the time of sale. Hackensack University Medical Center currently occupies the first floor, leaving 20,269 square feet available for new tenants. The third floor is currently vacant, offering 15,000 square feet of contiguous office space. Randy Horning and Darren Lizzack of NAI Hanson represented the seller, while Anthony Cassano, also of NAI Hanson, represented the buyer in the deal.
CHICAGO — VSA Partners has renewed its office lease for 51,422 square feet of space at 600 West Chicago. VSA Partners, a branding and marketing company, began occupying space at the building in 2011. Renovations at 600 West Chicago, which is located along the Chicago River, are underway and include a rooftop deck, renovated plaza, expanded river walk and water taxi service. The 1.4 million-square-foot building is currently 100 percent leased. Other tenants at the office building include Groupon, Lightbank Cos., Uptake, rEvolution, Innerworkings, Freeman Decorating and IntegraMed. 600 West Chicago was built in 1901 as the Montgomery Ward catalog building. In 2001, it was repurposed as an office building. Chicago-based Equity Commonwealth has owned the building since 2012. Jack O’Brien and Matt Pistorio of The Telos Group represented the owner in the transaction. Thomas Volini and Sven Sykes of Colliers International represented VSA Partners.
CLEBURNE, TEXAS — Hangover Opportunity Fund has sold a fully leased, three-building industrial property situated on 16.8 acres in southeastern Johnson County. The all-cash transaction was made with a private investor from Houston. The seller has spent $250,000 renovating the 144,698-square-foot Grandview Industrial Complex, which was nearly 88 percent vacant when it was bought out of foreclosure three years ago. The fund’s manager, SkyWalker Property Partners, undertook a major upgrade of the shuttered RV conversion plant and subsequently signed three long-term tenants, each leasing an entire building at 8800 FM 916. Noltex Truss DFW Inc. leases the largest building, which spans 82,210 square feet. Leland’s Industries LLC occupies a 44,988-square-foot warehouse, and AES Drilling Fluids LLC leases the smallest structure, which is 17,500 square feet. All three tenants are in place at least three more years. Zane Marcell and Dustin Volz of JLL listed the property. Houston investor Eli Sasson, who represented himself, made an all-cash offer using funds from several 1031 tax-deferred exchanges to complete the acquisition.
OMAHA, NEB. — Omaha-based Scooter’s Coffee has acquired Coffeesmiths, a coffee company with three locations in the Cedar Rapids metro area. Scooter’s will own and operate the three locations at 7037 C Ave. NE, 2300 Edgewood Road SW and 690 Marion Blvd. Scooter’s will rebrand the coffee shops throughout the summer and began offering its menu items June 13. Scooter’s operates more than 135 stores in 15 states and plans to open 40 new locations by the end of the year.
MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $12.5 million sale of Sabina Plaza, a 51,044-square-foot shopping center located at 4001 S.W. 152nd Ave. in Miami’s West Kendall submarket. Built in 2007, the property is fully leased to tenants such as Dollar Tree, two restaurants, a cross-fit gym, nail salon, martial arts studio, nail salon, beauty salon, dental office and a daycare. Walgreens and Bank of America are outparcels to the property but were not included in the sale. Kirk Olson and Drew Kristol of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the seller, Sabina 40 Street LLC, an affiliate of North Miami-based IMC Equity Group and headed by Yoram Izhak, who purchased the property out of foreclosure in 2012 for $5.4 million.
CANTON, GA. — The Home Depot has sold a 1.9-acre tract of land located at the intersection of Sixes Road and Holly Springs Parkway in Canton, a northern suburb of Atlanta in Cherokee County. Keith Valentine of Atlanta-based Corporate Property Dispositions represented The Home Depot in the sale. The buyer, Ferber Development, plans to build a retail strip center at the site that is pre-leased to AT&T and Starbucks Coffee, as well as an outparcel pre-leased to Taco Bell. The new project will be located near The Home Depot and Northside Hospital’s offices.
PLANO, TEXAS — A partnership controlled by Dallas-based real estate developers Roger Gault of Gault Co. and Robert Gunby of RTG Capital LLC has sold Phase II of Willow Bend Commons. The retail property is located at 1885 Dallas Parkway in Plano, and was sold to an undisclosed buyer. The newly constructed, 6,000-square-foot building is leased to Verts Mediterranean Restaurant and Ideal Dental. The partners purchased a 5.2-acre site from Costco two years ago for the development. Phase I was a 14,000-square-foot retail center that was 100 percent leased upon completion, and subsequently sold in 2015. Phase I tenants include Torchy’s Tacos, Shell Shack, Jersey Mike’s Subs, LA Bikini, Wok Box and Salada. In addition to the retail center, one pad site was sold to Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union, whose facility also opened in 2015.
MCALLEN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of an 8,500-square-foot retail building net leased to Mattress Firm in McAllen. Vincent Knipp of the firm’s Dallas office procured the private buyer, which utilized a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Mattress Firm is situated on 1.3 acres at 1304 E. Expressway 83 northeast of Jackson Avenue.